Hat-supporting device.



J. J. GANNALL' HAT SUPPORTING DEVICE APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1912.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cm. WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J CAN-NAN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIG-NOR T0 HEN-RY LIKLY &COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A GORPOR-ATION OF NEW YORK.

HAT-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Febi 17, 1914.

Application filed August 21, 1912. Serial N 0; 716,176.

Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Supporting Devices; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formin apart of this specification, and to the refercure-numerals markedthereon.

My invention relates to improvements in hat supporting devices such asemployed in trunks, traveling cases, and other similar apparel carryingdevices, for receiving and transporting ladies hats and it has for itsobject to provide a device of simple construction that will enable ahatto be snugly and safely packed against the wall of the trunk,irrespective of the position of the crown of the hat relatively to itsrim and trimmings, and in such a manner as to use as little space aspcssible, and at the same time prevent crushing or otherwise damagingthe hat.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvementsand combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed. the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the endof the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a trunk, havingattached to one of its vertical walls a hat supporter constructed inaccordance with a preferred embodiment in my invention; Fig. 2 is asectional View on the line aa of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view of the holder, and Fig. t is a plan view of the support.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views, indicate thesame parts.

The invention is illustrated as applied to a trunk, or receptacle,comprising a bottom, rear wall 2, and a cover 3, suitably hinged to therear wall 2 in the usual manner. The hat supporter may be applied to thetop, bottom or sides of the receptacle, and in the present instance Ihave shown it on the rear wall 2. It preferably comprises a supportwhich may be permanently secured to the wall, and may consist of a plate4, having an outer flange 5, which is riveted to the wall as shown inFig. 3. The plate 4 is further provided with a central opening for a purpose presently to be mentioned, and is adaptecltoreceive the hat holder.To this end, it is provided with an alinin'g means for enabling theholder to be adjusted angularly "and longitudinally thereof-; Thealining means may consist of a plurality of radially disposedprojections, as designated at 6 and formed preferably by indenting theplate 4 at such points. This permits the proper positioning of theholder on the support so that it may be adjusted to bring it to any desired point on the wall between the top, bottom and ends, whereby toaccommodate any one of the many forms of hats in which, the crown isgenerally disposed at some point other than the center, with respect tothe rim.

The holder consists of a pad or cushion 7 adapted to enter the crown ofthe hat, the latter being attached to it by pinning or otherwise, saidpad being mounted on the base 8. The holder also includes an arm 9 towhich the base 8 is secured in any suitable manner. The arm 9 ispreferably slotted longitudinally as indicated at 10, the slot being ofsuflicient width to receive the projections 6 on the support as shown inFig. 2. The arm may be turned at any angle on the support so as toengage any pair of projections and may also be moved longitudinally ofthe projections to raise or lower it, when arranged on a vertical wall.That is to say, the holder may have a longitudinal as well as an angularadjustment on the support, being retained in position by one of thepairs of projections 6.

In order to secure the holder fixedly on the support, I provide thelatter with a central opening 11, preferably squared, to receive thecorrespondingly shaped part of a bolt 12 which passes through the slot10 of the arm 9 and is held in place by a nut 13. Immediately adjacentto the arm 9. there is disposed a spring washer 14, and 15 is acentering disk which engages said washer and receives the nut 13, asshown in Fig. 3.

Other means may be employed for attaching the holder on the support, andI do not limit myself to the particular form of construction describedfor alining it on the support, as the essential feature of my inventionresides in enabling the holder to be readily adjusted, both angularlyand longitudinally and to be rigidly held in its adjusted position.

I claim as my invention: 1. In a hat supporting device, the combinationwith a support having a plurality 1 of radially and oppositely disposedalining devices thereon, of a holder provided With an arm engaging apair of said alining devices, said arm being longitudinally adjust- 1radially and oppositely disposed circular projections thereon, a holderembodying an arm engaging a pair of said projections, the arm beinglongitudinally adjustable relal5 tively to the support, and means forsecuring the arm on the support.

JOHN J. OANNAN.

able on the support, and means for securing the arm on the support.

2. In a hat supporting device, the combination With a support having aseries of Witnesses:

JNo. A. WILLIAMs, R. J. VOSBURGH.

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